PGC 12783
Galaxy LEDA / PGC 12783 |
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PGC 12783 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Chemical furnace |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 03 h 25 m 08.5 s |
declination | -36 ° 21 ′ 50 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (s) m: |
Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.90 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
Position angle | 50 ° |
Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Fornax cluster LGG 94 |
Redshift | 0.006108 ± 0.000003 |
Radial velocity | 1831 ± 1 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(77 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (23.5 ± 1.6) Mpc |
history | |
Catalog names | |
NGC 1326A • PGC 12783 • ESO 357-028 • MCG -06-08-013 • 2MASX J03250876-3621450 • SGC 032313-3632.4 • GALEX ASC J032508.54-362151.4 • USGC S129 NED68 • FCC 37 |
LEDA / PGC 12783 (also NGC 1326A ) is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBm in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 77 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter. Together with PGC 12788 , it forms an optical pair of galaxies. It is listed as a member of the Fornax galaxy cluster under catalog number FCC 37 .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 1317 , NGC 1318 , NGC 1326 , NGC 1336 , among others .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- ESO: Image of the region of the sky around NGC 1316 (labeled) October 25, 2017